Inmate with 2 life sentences found dead at maximum security prison in Arkansas

By arkansasonline.com- Josh Snyder

Published: 11/07/2018

An inmate at the Maximum Security Unit in Tucker was found dead Monday night, the Arkansas Department of Correction said.

Staff found 60-year-old Charles Winston unresponsive in his cell at approximately 9:30 p.m. while conducting regular security rounds, spokesman Solomon Graves said in a statement. Medical staff pronounced Winston dead at 9:55 p.m., Graves said. No information on the cause of death was released.

Arkansas State Police will conduct an investigation into the death, while the state Department of Correction will conduct an internal investigation, Graves said.